IRSHDC : School : St. George's (BC) [874]

P75-103 - MSCC - St. George's School, Lytton, BC (1938). Source: The General Synod Archives, Anglican Church of Canada.

Home Communities of Students

Ashcroft Indian Band, Boothroyd Band, Boston Bar First Nation, Cardston, Carmacka, Chawathil First Nation, Cheam First Nation, Cisco, Coldwater Indian Band, Cook’s Ferry Indian Band, Gitanmaax Band, Gitanyow, Gitlaxt'aamiks, Gitwangak, Gitxaała Nation, Haisla Nation, Heiltsuk Nation, Kanaka Bar Indian Band, Kispiox / Anspayaxw, Kitasoo / Xai’xais Nation, Kitsumkalum Band, Lax Kw’alaams Band, Lower Nicola Indian Band, Lytton First Nation, Matsqui First Nation, Merritt, Nicola, Nicomen Indian Band, Nisga'a Village of Gingolx, Nisga'a Village of Gitwinksihlkw, Nisga'a Village of Laxgalts’ap, Nooaitch Indian Band, Oregon Jack, Prince Rupert, Seabird Island Band, Shackan Indian Band, Sik-E-Dakh (Glen Vowell Band), Shulus, Siska, Skeetchestn Indian Band, Skuppah Indian Band, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), Spences Bridge, Spuzzum First Nation, Telegraph Creek, Union Bar, Upper Nicola Band, Wei Wai Kai First Nation, Witset First Nation, Xaxli’p, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam).

Note on Home Communities

The “home communities" mentioned above come from the school narratives created by government researchers in the Indian Residential School litigation process. Here the communities are described as “bands” and “reserves.” We have tried to update the names to communities' current, preferred names (these names are hyperlinked in the list above). In instances where we have not been sure which community is being referenced, we have left the name as it appears in the school narrative and unlinked. The names of cultural groups have been updated and the original name placed in square brackets.

These lists on the school records are not comprehensive. In a few cases the community names have been supplemented with information from a school’s quarterly returns, but this has not been done consistently. This project is an iterative, ongoing one. If you are aware of other community names that we should include in this list, or would like to comment on those we have updated, please email us at irshdc.reference@ubc.ca.

St. George's (BC)

Dates of Operation

June 7, 1901 - June 30, 1979

Description

The New England Company, a missionary organization associated with the Church of England, opened the St. George’s school in Lytton, British Columbia in 1901. The school had ongoing sanitation, fire safety, and overcrowding problems. An influenza epidemic at the school over the 1926 1927 school year led to the deaths of thirteen children. During the 1930s, runaways were forced to march back to the school ahead of the principal who drove behind in his car. The residence closed in 1979. In 1993, a former St. George’s employee pled guilty to charges of sexually abusing students at the school when he worked there. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Denomination

Anglican Church of Canada

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Alternate Name(s)

Lytton
Lytton Indian Residential School
Lytton Industrial School
St. George's Indian Residential School
St. George's Industrial School for Boys
St. George's Industrial School for Indian Boys
St. George's Industrial School for Indian Boys and Girls
St. George's Student Residence
St. George's Student Residence

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Map Information

Location

"Point is on the site of the main residential school building that was constructed in 1927 and burnt down in 1982. The church is the only building that remains from the school. The first school and chapel, 1901 to 1926, were located nearby at 50.260579, -121.592429" (Orlandini, 2019).

Location Credit

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and Rosa Orlandini. The school/hostel location data was collected by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission / National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, Morgan Hite (Atlas of Indian Residential Schools of Canada), Stephanie Pyne (Residential Schools Land Memory Mapping Project) and Rosa Orlandini (Map and GIS Librarian, York University Libraries). The location data and associated attribute data was enhanced, revised and updated by Rosa Orlandini, in consultation with the Archivists at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.

Location Source

Rosa, 2019, "Residential Schools Locations Dataset (Shapefile format)", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/FJG5TG, Borealis, V3, UNF:6:TTc1mMvx2BlBqBgIN05xVw== [fileUNF]